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So much for the Kansas City Royals living up to their reputation as a light-hitting, fleet-footed team that manufactured runs with typical Midwest small-ball. The Orioles found out Friday night and early Saturday morning what the Los Angeles Angels learned with great difficulty during Kansas City’s three-game sweep in the American League Division Series. Three home runs later -- including two in the top of the 10th inning -- helped give the Royals an 8-6 victory at Camden Yards in Game 1 of the AL Championship Series. Left fielder Alex Gordon, whose earlier heroics included a broken-bat, bases-clearing bloop double in the third inning that gave the Royals an early 5-1 lead and...

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So much for the Kansas City Royals living up to their reputation as a light-hitting, fleet-footed team that manufactured runs with typical Midwest small-ball.
The Orioles found out Friday night and early Saturday morning what the Los Angeles Angels...

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The rain-soaked crowd at Camden Yards had waited long enough for this moment -- the Orioles' first American League Championship Series game in 17 years -- so when Game 1 went to extra innings, few fans left their seats as the clock struck midnight.
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